Happy Read Across America Day!

Do you like green eggs and ham? Do you speak for the trees? Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel) would have turned 109 years old this weekend. Elementary schools across the country will be celebrating Read Across America day on Friday, in honor of his birthday. Last year, I wrote a Dr. Seuss poem for the librarian at my son's school to use during the festivities. I've had to update it a bit for this year. Here it is:

Catherine M. Petrini

Who Am I?

I am a published author of 28 books for children and young adults, a former magazine editor, and mom to an 8th-grader. My published works include 20 books for Sweet Valley High and other teen fiction series, all written under pseudonyms. My nonfiction kids' books, written under my own name, are on topics ranging from Dragons to Stonehenge to the Cherokee Indians. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, drawing, photography, traveling, overthrowing the governments of small countries, befriending dragons, slaying demons, and ruining my son's life by making him do his homework.